那
nànuóNāNuó HSK1

that

那 nà frequency
that pronoun
demonstrative specifier or pronoun used for someone or something distant; that, those, or the

那个人是谁？

nà gè rén shì shéi?

Who is that person?

then conjunction
conjunction used to introduce a result or logical conclusion; then, in that case

要是他不来，那该怎么办？

yào​shi tā bù lái, nà gāi zěn​me​bàn?

If he doesn't come, then what should we do?

那 nuó
beautiful pronoun
aesthetically pleasing or elegant

为了形容女子的仪态优美，这首诗里特意选用了那字。

wèi​le xíng​róng nǚ​zǐ de yí​tài yōu​měi, zhè shǒu shī lǐ tè​yì xuǎn​yòng le nuó zì.

To describe a woman's graceful bearing, this poem specifically chose the character 'na'.

how pronoun
interrogative used to inquire about manner or degree

老师解释说，那字在古文中常与何连用，表示如何。

lǎo​shī jiě​shì shuō, nuó zì zài gǔ​wén zhōng cháng yǔ hé lián​yòng, biǎo​shì rú​hé.

The teacher explained that in classical Chinese, the character 'na' is often used in conjunction with 'he' to mean 'how'.

many conjunction
numerous or existing in great quantity

古书中的这个那字表示数量很多，具有吉祥的寓意。

gǔ​shū zhōng de zhè​gè nuó zì biǎo​shì shù​liàng hěn​duō, jù​yǒu jí​xiáng de yù​yì.

In ancient books, this character 'na' signifies a large quantity and carries an auspicious meaning.

那 Nā
Na proper name
surname Na

那英是一位著名的华语歌手。

Nā yīng shì yī wèi zhù​míng de Huá​yǔ gē​shǒu.

Na Ying is a famous Mandopop singer.

那 Nuó
surname pronoun
the surname Nuo

那姓在现今已经很少见了。

nà xìng zài xiàn​jīn yǐ​jīng hěn shǎo​jiàn le.

The surname 'Na' is quite rare nowadays.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
38th most common 3299.9 per million
Movie subtitles
18th most common 7792.8 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5666.4 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1158.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+90A3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)